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THE TRAIL OF THE OLYMPIAN 

2000 MILES OF SCENIC SPLENDOB.- CHICAdp TO PUGET SOUND 



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CHICAGO,>IILWAUKEE5LPUGET SOUND PAH^v^Y 



THE TRAIL OF THE OLYMPIAN 

2000 MILES OF SCENIC SPLENDOTL- CHICAB0 TO PUGET SOUND 




KLLWamUE KAI LWAY 

/AUKEE ^; PUGET SOUND RAILWAY 



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MORE than a century ago tlie nrst wliite men blazed a trail tnrough tne great 
Nortliuest Irom tKe Mississi|)f)i Valley to the Paciiic Nortli Coast, claiming for 
tlie Nation a vast Inland Empire. To-day a new transcontinental line, tne 
Chicago. Milwaukee &? St. Paul and Chicago. Milwavikee C? Puget Sovmd Railways, 
ofenmg tovindless resources still untouched m the magnihcent region discovered, testmes to 
the enduring work of the Pioneer. 

Among the wonders of their day stands the marking ol the Old Trail. Among the 
wonders of to-day stands the building of the New Trail. Less than three years after 
work was started a great steel highway was built, setting a record in the annals ol railway 
construction. In the old days railroad builders sought the easiest way regardless of time, 
grades and distance. The new road looked to the future. It sought the shortest and most 
enduring way. Its 60.000.000 cubic yards of excavation, more than one-third that ol 
the Panama Canal: its 10 miles of rock-hewn tunnels, its 20 miles of steel and concrete 
bridges, its 200,000 tons of heaviest steel rails, its rock ballast, its lowest grades, tell 
of success. 

Over this solid, smooth-riding roadbed two J)alatial transcontinental trains, " 1 he 
Olympian" and "The Columbian are operated daily between Chicago, Seattle and 
Tacoma. Amid Ivixury and ease, afforded by these splendid trains, one traverses the most 
bewildering scenery. 



1 ni> "or. PavjI-Pvigct bound road is the scenic highway to the Paciiic North Ooast. 
It threads the most magnificent regions or the great plains, the fertile valleys and the 
majestic mountain ranges of the Northwest. 

Northward from Chicago the trail leads throvigh one of the richest trvick-gardening 
and general farming regions of America to Milwaukee, thence westward cro.ssing the Wis- 
consin River in fvill view of the famous "Dells, to the Mississi{)j5i, following the banks 
of the "rather of Waters, amid beauties unsurjja.s.sed to ot. Pavil and Mmneafiolis. 
Tvirning westward from the Twin Cities the line traverses the rich Dakota grain fields 
and vinrivaled valleys of Montana with their thriving cities, young in years but old in 
achievements. T. hree mountain ranges rise m successive waves of grandevir, conquered by 
engineering feats vinparallelcd in railroad building — first the Rockies, rising to the cre.st of 
the continent, the great divide: then the forested Ditter Roots, and lastly the Cascades, 
snow-ti{)t)ea and jagged. Deyond lies the giant amphitheater of the Puget bound, beattle 
and Tacoma in its center, commanding its splendors. 

This IS a book of picture writing. W^ords grow powerless and trite when set to the 
task of portraying nature in her supremitics; bvit the langviage of pictvires is different, 
snatching up as it were bits of reality to speak with vigor ever fresh and meaningfvil. 

1 he story told is of the scenic road across the continent. Many highways share its 
goal, but for him who would see his covintry s beauties there lies magnificent and alluring 
"The Trail of the Olympian. 



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Nature was in a fanciful mood when she 
fashioned the Dells. Giant rocks, kfii- 
tisquely car\ed; weird canyons and 
Kulchcs vary ihc wildnessof her handiwork. 










Lake Pepin, Minnesota 
I'pper MisMiMsippi River 

riie scenery along the upper Mississippi is 
unrivalled in beauty. Cliffs, islands, lakes, 
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1 \6 feet atwivc the water. The steel trestle 
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the center of a region of enchantment, rich 
in the t harm and romance of Indian legend 
and lamed for the beauties of its scenery. 



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Iwn miles long, pierce? the shoulder ot the 
Bitter Roots, second of the ranges, and 
the trail descends westward into Idaho. 




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Kiiinicr I'nrk 

Many other roads and trails lead from 

The Inn." Large parties follow the 

:.'ui(l(>. over the ridges, through Alpine 

Nirest and meadow, to Indian Henry's. 






Ml. Rainier and Mirror I^ake 

Indian Henry's 

\ mile above sea-level, the lake lies two 
miles below the mountain's crest. Lux- 
uriant flowers deck the .Alpine \-alleys. 
blooming close beside the perpetual ice. 




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till' iilniiisl l>y llif uvo ilays' toil to llu 

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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAIL 



CHICAGO. MIlWAliKEf: & flGll SOVhD 

RAIIWAYS 

AND C01SECIIPI6 LintS 



SEP 30 1912 



PASSENGER REPRESENTATIVES 

OF THE 

Chicago. Milwaukee ^ St. Paul Railway 



ABERDEEN. S. D O. F. Waller. Division Passenger Agent 

ATLANTA. GA.. Room 904, Fourth Nation.il Bank Bldg 

M.S. Bowman. Commercial Agent 

BOSTON. MASS.. 260 Washington St 

J. H. Skillen. New England Passenger Agent 

BUFFALO. N. Y.. 303 Main St G. E. Chase. Commercial Agent 

CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA C. J. Mikesh. Division Passenger Agent 

CHICAGO. ILL.. 52 W. Adams St 

C. N. Souther. General Agent Passenger Department 

E. G. WtxjDWARD Traveling Passenger Agent 

CINCINNATI, OHIO. Sinton Hotel Bldg.. 25 East Fourth St 

C. C. MoRDOUGH, Traveling Passenger Agent 

CLEVELAND, OHIO. 907 Euclid Ave 

E. G. Hayden. District Passenger Agent 

DALLAS. TEXAS. 201 Southwestern Life Bldg 

.1. B. Marshel. Commercial Agent 

DAVENPORT. IOWA. 303 Brady St P. L. HlNRltHS. Commercial Agent 

DENVER. COLO.. 821 Seventeenth St 

Edward Mahoney, District Passenger Agent 
DES MOINES, IOWA, 110 Walnut St 

C. E. HiLLiKER, Division Passenger Agent 

DETROIT, MICH.. 212 Majestic Bldg 

H. W. Steinhoff. District Passenger Agent 

DUBUQUE. IOWA S. N. Baird. Division Passenger Agent 

DULUTII. MINN., Palladio Bldg C. L. Kennedy. Commercial Agent 

HELENA, MONT.. Montana Club Bldg., P. H. Scanlan. Commercial Agent 
HOUGHTON. MICH., 78 Shelden St. . . H. E. Stewart. Commercial Agent 
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. 408 Traction Terminal Bldg 

A. L. EiDEMiLLER. Traveling Passenger Agent 

KANSAS CITY. MO.. 907 Main St Southwestern Passenger Agent 

LIVERPOOL. ENG \ ^^ VrJ'mi'fs^'' I ■' ' "k^on & Sons. European Agents 



LONDON. ENG.. 7 Charing Cross. . . , J. Jackso.n & Sons. European Agents 

LOS ANGELES. CAL.. 130 W. Sixth St D. T. Berry, Commercial Agent 

MADISON. WIS W. W. Winton. District Passenger Agent 

MASON CITY. IOWA W. F. Cody. Division Passenger Agent 

MILWAUKEE, WIS., 400 East Water St 

W.J. Boyle. General Agent Passenger Department 

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 328 Nicollet .\ve 

C. R. Lewis. City Passenger and Ticket Agent 

MINNEAPOLIS. MINN., Metropolitan Life Bldg 

.^. S. Willoughby, Division Passenger Agent 

NEW ORLEANS, LA., 517 Hibernia Bank Bldg 

Wm. H. Rogers, Traveling Passenger Agent 

NEW YORK, N. Y.. 1200 Broadway 

G. L. Cobb, General Agent Passenger Department 

OMAHA. NEB.. 1612 Farnam St FA. Nash, General Western Agent 

OTTUMA. IOWA W. C. Parker Division Passenger Agent 

PHILADELPHIA. PA., 818 Chestnut St.. Geo. J. Lincoln, Commercial Agent 
PITTSBURGH, PA. Room D, Park Bldg^ 

John R. Pott, District Passenger Agent 

SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.. 319 S. Main St 

H. H. HfNKiNS, Traveling Passenger Agent 

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL., Flood Bldg., 22 Powell St 

L. E. Stanton General Agent 

C. H. Miles, District Passenger Agent 

SIOUX CITY, IOWA, 311 Pierce St., C. N. Curtis. Division Passenger Agent 
ST. LOUIS, MO., 213 Frisco Bldg.. Ninth and Olive Sts 

H. G. Selby, Commercial Agent 

ST PAUL, MINN., 365 Robert St 

W. B. Dixon, Assistant General Passenger Agent 

T.AMPA. FLA Jas. F. Taylor, Commercial Agent 

TORONTO. ONT.. 8 King St.. E.ist. A. J. Taylor. Canadian Passenger Agent 
\\ INNIPEG. MAN . :M9 Mam S(, Thos Diinald. Commercial Aeenl 



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